Archive for June, 2010This iPad protective case utilizes the design of the human ribcage as added protection for the screen. Whether it’s more rugged than the average case is open for debate, but it definitely will look cooler. Product Page ($35 via Street Anatomy via Make)
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Le Samourai Eyewear – A Slightly More Fashionable Way to Carry a Flash DrivePosted by in Computers
It would be our guess that the intersection of hipster and computer geek is in a one stoplight town. As such, Le-Samourai Eyewear is not likely to become a household name. These fashionable sunglasses have a special detachable USB flash drive that fits inconspicuously into the frame of the glasses. They intend to make these multi-role glasses in prescription and sun-glass varieties. The drives can be decorated and swapped out interchangeably as mood, outfit or occasion dictates. In all likelihood, the glasses will succeed in making you look neither hip nor tech-savvy, a perfect trifecta of fail, at least for those given to generous rounding. Their ability to mix and match different drives with different designs or colors is nice but this is far from something that those of us who can’t be without a flash drive for more than a few minutes per day. Now maybe if they came out with a Gunnar Optiks version they might have something. Nevertheless, if you must give in to social pressures to look fabulous, you might as well get a few gigabytes for your money as well. There are no details yet on price or drive size but those details will likely have to wait until they leave the concept phase.Permanent Link
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2010
Century Miniaturized Version of USB 3.0 Drive Dock is Completely Bus-powerdPosted by in Computers
Century adds to its offering of USB 3.0 products a portable drive dock. The Tribe, as they call it, possesses all the power of a serious, SuperSpeed top-loading drive dock but in a size that you can easily take with you to remote installs. Bound to end up in many a desktop technician’s bag of tricks, the dock is about the size of a standard mouse and will make a perfect companion for house calls. Comparatively, it’s about 1/4 the size of their larger sibling. The other thing that makes the dock stands out, besides the odd name, is the power supply… it doesn’t need one. USB 3.0 bus power supplies more than enough power (900mA) to spin up even the largest 2.5″ SATA drives. So, not only is it small and portable, you only need one standard micro-USB 3.0 cable to use it. Century’s USB 3.0 dock will make quick work of remote drive imaging, secure wiping and serious anti-virus sweeps. If they can get it to the States, you can expect to be able to pick one up for about $50. Currently on sale only on their Japanese online store, we’ll have to wait for it to trickle out to other locales.Permanent Link
From CubicleBot: Unfortunately for the Stealth Cat robot (who hails from a planet of space cats) he is woefully inadequate in both height and storage size to complete his mission of taking over the world. In fact, armies of these things have been captured by humans, torn in half and shoved in USB drives around [...]
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2010
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 3TB USB Drive Smashes Through the CeilingPosted by in Computers
Seagate today adds yet another new drive capacity – an amazing 3TB – to its GoFlex line of external hard drives. Like its <a href=portable sibling , the GoFlex line is a modular drive system that can connect to USB 2.0, USB 3.0 and Firewire 800 base stations available as separate purchases. The 3.5″ 3TB drive, which comes with USB 2.0 as standard adapter, is new and has been equipped with a special MBR hack that allows the device to report to 4K clusters to the host operating systems. Windows XP, still one of the most popular operating systems today, is not able to handle drives past 2.2TB. The 2TB hard drive has been the size champion for a long time. The new champ tricks XP into reading the drive by altering the MBR table with regards to cluster size. This is only needed to appease XP as Vista, 7, Mac and Linux has long since adopted a new style of partition table that is well past that limit. So, this breakthrough is sadly only truly a breakthrough in its accommodation of Windows XP. The new FreeAgent GoFlex 2TB is available now with all the aforementioned GoFlex connectivity options for a very reasonable $250.Permanent Link
On the surface, playing WoW for hours and hours on end might seem lazy and pathetic to some, but they don’t understand the levels of endurance and dedication involved in gaming on this level. Dare I say it, WoW gamers are like marathon runners. Overweight marathon runners that barely move.
Sony once again returns to the compact camera fray with an impossibly thin 10 megapixel slim digicam called the Cybershot DSC-TX1. Boasting the best techno-wizardry Sony has to offer, including a brand new EXMOR R back-illuminated CMOS image sensor, new touch-screen interface, and 720p HD video capability, the TX1 arrives well dressed to the party. With a new set of advanced automatic shooting functions and the novel Sweep Panorama feature requiring no manual stitching or software, the TX1 speaks to the tastes of the fashion-conscious and the demanding shutterbug alike. Read on to find out if Sony nails this one out of the park.
Unfortunately, this is not the slick iPad arcade unit ThinkGeek duped everyone with on April Fools. We hear that might become a real product eventually, but for now, this is as good as it’s gonna get.
It really doesn’t take much incentive to get regulars over at Instructables.com to spend a lot of time on a targeted DIY project. The current competition uses a Laser Etched Leatherman Juice for a carrot for the best entries that feature a USB port. There’s already some great submissions but this Marble Machine is an early favorite. Like a water fountain without the liquid, this is actually a very relaxing distraction. Plug this into a USB port and watch the marbles ride around on the roller-coaster. The cute part is that marble track actually spells U S B in one section. The Marble Machine is fueled by USB power, some wood and a couple of spare parts. The inventor uses a DC motor cannibalized from a CD player and the ball lifter is parts from a VCR. Should only cost you a few bucks if you are interested in replicating the effort. Of course you’ll also need to tear up a USB cable but who doesn’t have 800 of those lying around. The entry deadline is July 4th, 2010 and then voting starts. Enter often but one prize per person. Good luck. Video demo of the USB marble machine after the jump.Permanent Link
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